Ai’s bag

Story: NPO Kagayaku Nakama Challenged, Orion Co-Living Facility for the Disabled (Former name: Kokoro Saori)
Trainee: Ai (woman/ age 20 at the time/Intellectually challenged)
Staff: Ms. Kumai (participated in the interview to assist Ai)

Ai has a very special treasure. It’s a large bag full of stuff such as her favorite manga books and stuffed animals.

 

Kumai: Please show her your bag Ai.

Ai: (hesitating) No! Until when that kind of thing…? (She went to look for it mumbling.)

Ms. Kumai: This is one thing that Ai never leaves without. Her father came to pick her up carrying her rubber boots and walking on top of roofs of houses because the streets were blocked with debris. As he said they would walk back the same way, I recommended not taking Ai’s belongings. It would take a lot of time to go through that path even though it was about half an hour away on foot in normal situation. However, the father insisted that Ai needed this bag, right?

Ai: Yes!

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